''Familial'' is the debut solo studio album by the English musician

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, best known as the drummer of the rock band Radiohead. It was released on 30 August 2010 in the United Kingdom and received mainly positive reviews.

Music

''Familiar'' contains ten tracks written by Selway, with contributions from various musicians. Selway performed acoustic guitar and vocals; ''

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'' described the album as a collection of "hushed folk songs" in the tradition of the English singer-songwriter Nick Drake. On 1 July 2010, Selway streamed the opening track from the album, "By Some Miracle", from his website, and offered a free high-quality download of the track via e-mail."Philip Selway , Familial"
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Reception

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, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, ''Familial'' has a score of 66, based on 18 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews."Familial at Metacritic"

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complimented the album's lyrics saying they "soothed rather than seethed" and wrote that "subtle, touching albums like this should be made more often". A mixed review from ''

'' described ''Familial'' as a "modest, mannered record that prizes directness, simplicity and bittersweet sentiment above all, sometimes successfully, sometimes not".

Track listing

Personnel

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References

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